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Multilevel Trade Policy in the Joint‐Decision Trap? The Case of CETA

Politics and Governance, 2023
Wallonia’s refusal to ratify CETA in October 2016 suggests that multilevel trade politics may increasingly be subject to the pitfalls of joint decision-making, or even a joint-decision trap. This article, however, presents a more nuanced perspective that
Jörg Broschek
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Biontech’s Tax Booster and Its Impact on Intergovernmental Fiscal Relations

Wirtschaftsdienst, 2022
The Mainz-based vaccine manufacturer Biontech has had incredible business development in 2021, which has led to a soaring increase in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate’s tax revenues.
Reinhold Weiß, Kristof Kanzler, Robert Fiesel   +2 more
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Indigenous cultural heritage policies as a pathway for Indigenous sovereignty and the role of local governments: an example with K'ómoks First Nation, British Columbia

Frontiers in Environmental Archaeology
Indigenous cultural heritage (ICH) is threatened worldwide, driven by factors like development, private property rights, and colonial planning. Indigenous communities are increasingly navigating the inadequacies of ICH protection by exerting their rights
Mary Kelly, Jesse Morin, Jesse Morin, Lia Tarle, Candace Newman, Raini Bevilacqua, Sheriden Barnett, Sean Markey, Dana Lepofsky   +8 more
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Operationalising global education in teacher education and training: A model for contextualising terminology

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite a growing international consensus that students need to be provided with the type of education that effectively prepares them to engage in and contribute to their globalised world, and that teachers need to be appropriately trained to facilitate this teaching and learning, ‘global education’ continues to be hindered by a lack of ...
Sarah‐Louise Jones, Miriam Ham, Karena Menzie‐Ballantyne   +2 more
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INTERGOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS AND DEVELOPMENT IN NIGERIA

International Studies Journal
Research Problem Intergovernmental relations in Nigeria have become increasingly characterized by excessive centralization of powers, weak institutional coordination and growing fiscal dependence of state and local governments on the federal government.
NURUDDEEN MUHAMMAD KOKO, ZAYYANU MUHAMMAD, ABDULSALAM ZAINAB   +2 more
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Deepening democracy and enhancing multi-level governance: deficiencies of and prospects for local government ward committees in South Africa

Koers : Bulletin for Christian Scholarship, 2008
The South African local government system has a number of shortcomings, two of which relate to the role of local government in the deepening of participatory democracy and the position of local government in a system of multi-level governance.
P.W. Heydenrych
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Intergovernmental relations in Scotland post-devolution [PDF]

, 2002
Central-local relations in Scotland pre-devolution were different to a degree, but the overall substance and rationale behind them tended to be very similar to those in England. This article outlines post-devolution developments in Scotland.
McGarvey, Neil
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The impacts of biological invasions

Biological Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT The Anthropocene is characterised by a continuous human‐mediated reshuffling of the distributions of species globally. Both intentional and unintentional introductions have resulted in numerous species being translocated beyond their native ranges, often leading to their establishment and subsequent spread – a process referred to as biological
Phillip J. Haubrock, Teun Everts, Neil Angelo S. Abreo, Jamie Bojko, Victor Deklerck, James W. E. Dickey, Ana Clara S. Franco, Emili García‐Berthou, Stelios Katsanevakis, Natalia I. Kirichenko, Stefano Mammola, Martin A. Nuñez, Ben Parker, Riccardo Scalera, Ismael Soto, Diederik Strubbe, Ali Serhan Tarkan, Lorenzo Vilizzi, Tim Adriaens, Paride Balzani, Dagmara Błońska, Elizabeta Briski, Rein Brys, Amy L. Burgess, James E. Byers, Carlos Cano‐Barbacil, Giuseppe Castaldelli, Jaimie T.A. Dick, Victoria Dominguez Almela, Romina D. Dimarco, Margarita Florencio, Antonín Kouba, Melina Kourantidou, Irmak Kurtul, Irene Martín‐Forés, Olivier Morissette, Julian D. Olden, Bruno E. Soares, Jakub Truszkowski, Hugo Verreycken, Marc Kenis, Ronaldo Sousa, J. Robert Britton   +42 more
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Interlinkages and gaps: a review of the literature on intergovernmental relations for flood management in the face of climate change

Frontiers in Sustainable Cities, 2023
Current approaches to flood management are increasingly insufficient to deal with intensifying flood trends. In this paper, we define and map out the responsibilities and relationships of local, state, and federal governing entities at various levels. We
Alexander Chantilas, Ahmed Rachid El-Khattabi, Emily Gvino, Emily Gvino, Kristen Downs, Cate Byrne, Elizabeth Christenson-Diver, Ranger Ruffins, Aaron Worley, Felix Dodds   +9 more
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Symbolic or Substantive Action: Intent, Effort, and Results

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Many firms have made ambitious climate pledges since the Paris Agreement of 2015. These pledges may be symbolic or substantive, but the literature is fragmented in defining these two terms. We propose a conceptual framework with three frames to delineate symbolic from substantive action: Intent—underlying motivations for engaging in climate ...
Vincent Xinyi Gu, Daniel Charles Matisoff   +1 more
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